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**AS SEEN ON NETFLIX**

A major BBC drama adapted for the screen by the team behind VIGIL, starring BAFTA-nominated Samuel Adewunmi


''A daring concept executed to perfection'' LEE CHILD

________

Only one question matters: did he do it?

''Superb character-driven fiction. Masterful'' Guardian

A young man stands accused of murder. The evidence is overwhelming.

But at his trial, this man tells an extraordinary story.

It is about the woman he loves, who got into trouble. It''s about how he risked everything to save her.

He swears he''s innocent. But in the end, all that matters is this: do you believe him?

''Startlingly original, utterly compelling''
Daily Mail

________

***A Radio 2 Book Club pick and the Telegraph''s Best Crime Novels of the Year***

''Searing and heart-breaking, genre-bending . . . triumphantly

Trade Review
A bold and original courtroom drama, You Don't Know Me heralds the arrival of a thrilling new voice in crime fiction * Tim Weaver, Sunday Times bestselling author of the David Raker series *
You'll never guess the ending * The Sun *
It's the voice that does it: edgy, conflicted, desperately urgent. A startlingly confident and deft debut
You've never read anything quite like this * Financial Times *
The defendant's narrative is beguiling, philosophical, vulnerable * Sunday Express *
An eye-opening, slick and compulsive thriller with an important message and unique writing * Kidulthood and Adulthood *
Timely, tense and original... Written with gritty authenticity, this is compelling and important * Heat *
Timely, tense and original . . . Written with gritty authenticity, this is compelling and important * Heat *
A daring concept executed to perfection, a hypnotic and authentic voice, and questions for us to answer as readers and people
A searing, heart-breaking, genre-bending crime novel that triumphantly reconfigures the traditional whodunnit into something remarkable * RUTH WARE *

You Don't Know Me is a brave debut by a barrister . . . an impressively original courtroom drama

* The Times *
A startlingly original courtroom drama . . . perfectly executed, gripping the reader from the first sentence with the defendant's unique voice and not letting go until a surprising twist at the end. Mahmood is most definitely one to watch * * * * * * Daily Express *

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 19/04/2018
      ISBN13: 9781405927376, 978-1405927376
      ISBN10: 1405927372

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      **AS SEEN ON NETFLIX**

      A major BBC drama adapted for the screen by the team behind VIGIL, starring BAFTA-nominated Samuel Adewunmi


      ''A daring concept executed to perfection'' LEE CHILD

      ________

      Only one question matters: did he do it?

      ''Superb character-driven fiction. Masterful'' Guardian

      A young man stands accused of murder. The evidence is overwhelming.

      But at his trial, this man tells an extraordinary story.

      It is about the woman he loves, who got into trouble. It''s about how he risked everything to save her.

      He swears he''s innocent. But in the end, all that matters is this: do you believe him?

      ''Startlingly original, utterly compelling''
      Daily Mail

      ________

      ***A Radio 2 Book Club pick and the Telegraph''s Best Crime Novels of the Year***

      ''Searing and heart-breaking, genre-bending . . . triumphantly

      Trade Review
      A bold and original courtroom drama, You Don't Know Me heralds the arrival of a thrilling new voice in crime fiction * Tim Weaver, Sunday Times bestselling author of the David Raker series *
      You'll never guess the ending * The Sun *
      It's the voice that does it: edgy, conflicted, desperately urgent. A startlingly confident and deft debut
      You've never read anything quite like this * Financial Times *
      The defendant's narrative is beguiling, philosophical, vulnerable * Sunday Express *
      An eye-opening, slick and compulsive thriller with an important message and unique writing * Kidulthood and Adulthood *
      Timely, tense and original... Written with gritty authenticity, this is compelling and important * Heat *
      Timely, tense and original . . . Written with gritty authenticity, this is compelling and important * Heat *
      A daring concept executed to perfection, a hypnotic and authentic voice, and questions for us to answer as readers and people
      A searing, heart-breaking, genre-bending crime novel that triumphantly reconfigures the traditional whodunnit into something remarkable * RUTH WARE *

      You Don't Know Me is a brave debut by a barrister . . . an impressively original courtroom drama

      * The Times *
      A startlingly original courtroom drama . . . perfectly executed, gripping the reader from the first sentence with the defendant's unique voice and not letting go until a surprising twist at the end. Mahmood is most definitely one to watch * * * * * * Daily Express *

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